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| Moroccan women 'freed' over wearing skirts in Inezgane | Moroccan women 'freed' over wearing skirts in Inezgane |
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| Two Morocco women have been acquitted of indecency charges after they went on trial for wearing short skirts, their lawyer says. | Two Morocco women have been acquitted of indecency charges after they went on trial for wearing short skirts, their lawyer says. |
| They were arrested on 16 June in a market in Inezgane, near Agadir, after being heckled by market traders. | |
| Their case sparked a national outcry and an internet petition calling the arrest an attack on personal freedom attracted thousands of signatures. | Their case sparked a national outcry and an internet petition calling the arrest an attack on personal freedom attracted thousands of signatures. |
| Hundreds of lawyers offered to defend the women in court. | Hundreds of lawyers offered to defend the women in court. |
| Women's rights campaigner Fouzia Assouli told the AFP news agency the acquittal showed that wearing a skirt "is not a crime". | |
| Moroccan news site Tel Quel quotes the women's lawyer, Houcine Bekkar Sbai, as saying that the next step is to prosecute the people who harassed them in the market. |